If you were to ask Harry what was in the bottle,he would tell you that it contained perfumed mud这句条件从句中的what was in the bottle为什么是过去时,不是现在时.

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If you were to ask Harry what was in the bottle,he would tell you that it contained perfumed mud
这句条件从句中的what was in the bottle为什么是过去时,不是现在时.

因为前面是 you were to ask是过去时,所以它后面的也是跟它一样呀.
这其实是个虚拟语气

因为这个句子讲述的过去存在的一种情况,也就是Harry在过去的一个时间里会那么说,所以整体描述Harry的句子都是过去时态,至于前面的虚拟,本身就有假设过去的意义,供你参考。